Capitão Surname
Approximately 12,914 people bear this surname
Capitão Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Angola | 12,423 | 1:2,173 | 376 |
| Portugal | 453 | 1:22,998 | 1,555 |
| Brazil | 30 | 1:7,135,811 | 166,009 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 4 | 1:44,356 | 2,027 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
Capitão (1,505) may also be a first name.
Capitão Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Capitão Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Capitão is found most frequently in Angola. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Capitão.
How Common Is The Last Name Capitão? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 40,564th most frequently used last name globally It is held by around 1 in 564,314 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Capitão are found; 96 percent are found in Southern Africa and 96 percent are found in Luso-Southern Africa. It is also the 200,339th most numerous forename in the world It is held by 1,505 people.
The surname Capitão is most frequently used in Angola, where it is borne by 12,423 people, or 1 in 2,173. Apart from Angola it is found in 7 countries. It is also found in Portugal, where 4 percent live and Brazil, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capiton | 86 | 39 | / |
| Capitoa | 86 | 3 | / |
| Capitou | 86 | 1 | / |
| Capitoe | 86 | 0 | / |
| Capitone | 80 | 36 | / |
| Capiotou | 80 | 2 | / |
| Capitong | 80 | 1 | / |
| Capiston | 80 | 1 | / |
| Capita | 77 | 26,194 | / |
| Capitu | 77 | 30 | / |
| Capitó | 77 | 4 | / |
| Capitá | 77 | 1 | / |
| Capità | 77 | 1 | / |
| Capitú | 77 | 1 | / |
| Capitan | 71 | 8,676 | / |
| Capitta | 71 | 353 | / |
| Capista | 71 | 286 | / |
| Capitas | 71 | 136 | / |
| Caspita | 71 | 96 | / |
| Kapiton | 71 | 88 | / |
| Capitán | 71 | 88 | / |
| Capitaz | 71 | 50 | / |
| Kapitoy | 71 | 19 | / |
| Capitus | 71 | 10 | / |
| Capitonova | 71 | 8 | / |
| Capitanova | 71 | 4 | / |
| Capuita | 71 | 4 | / |
| Capeton | 71 | 3 | / |
| Capitàn | 71 | 3 | / |
| Capieta | 71 | 1 | / |
| Capitam | 71 | 1 | / |
| Capitie | 71 | 1 | / |
| Capitea | 71 | 1 | / |
| Capetoe | 71 | 0 | / |
| Capitain | 67 | 549 | / |
| Cappitta | 67 | 182 | / |
| Capitant | 67 | 135 | / |
| Capitein | 67 | 75 | / |
| Capiteyn | 67 | 37 | / |
| Capitane | 67 | 33 | / |
| Capistan | 67 | 16 | / |
| Kapiotou | 67 | 5 | / |
| Capitaux | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kapitayo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Capeston | 67 | 1 | / |
| Capaitan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kapaiton | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cappeton | 67 | 0 | / |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Capitão
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